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Richard Arron Verdon COUCHE (1873 - 1950)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Geoffrey COUCHE William Vincent COUCHE (1917 - 1926)	Richard Arron Verdon COUCHE (1873 - 1950) + Elizabeth Agnes HOLBERY (1874 - 1960)	William COUCHE (1845 - 1913)	William COUCHE (1811 - 1849)
			Elizabeth (Ellen) CRONE
		Mary Ann MCCARTHY (1845 - 1914)

b. 1873 at Marong, Victoria, Australia

m. 1912 Elizabeth Agnes HOLBERY (1874 - 1960) at Ballarat East, Victoria, Australia

d. 1950 at Melbourne, Victoria, Australia aged 77

Near Relatives of Richard Arron Verdon COUCHE (1873 - 1950)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	William COUCHE	abt 1811		1849	Brigown, Mitchelstown, Co. Cork, Ireland	38
Grandmother	Elizabeth (Ellen) CRONE
Father in Law	James HOLBURY
Mother in Law	Mary KERIGAN
Father	William COUCHE	abt 1845		1913	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia	68
Mother	Mary Ann MCCARTHY	abt 1845		1914	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia	69
Self	Richard Arron Verdon COUCHE	1873	Marong, Victoria, Australia	1950	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	77
Wife	Elizabeth Agnes HOLBERY	1874	Victoria, Australia	1960	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia	86
Son	Geoffrey COUCHE
Son	William Vincent COUCHE	1917	Victoria, Australia	1926	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	9
Sister	Elizabeth Ellen COUCHE	1865	Rush, Victoria, Australia	1946	Croxton East, Victoria	81
Brother	Edward Browning COUCHE	1866	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	1888	Victoria, Australia	22
Brother	William Jeffrey COUCHE	1868	Echuca, Victoria, Australia	1946	Victoria, Australia	78
Sister	Letitia Anne COUCHE	1870	Victoria, Australia	1935	Victoria, Australia	65
Uncle	Richard COUCHE	1838	Co Cork, Ireland	1902	Mitchelstown, Co Cork, Ireland	64
Aunt	Margaret CRONE	1844	Co Cork, Ireland	1906	Mitchelstown, Co Cork, Ireland	62
Cousin	Eliza Anne COUCHE	1864	Sunbury, Victoria, Australia	1864	Victoria, Australia	0
Cousin	Christopher William COUCHE	1865	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Cousin	Thomas COUCHE	1865	Victoria, Australia	1865	Victoria, Australia	0
Cousin	Martha Ethelind COUCHE	1866	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	1866	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	0
Cousin	Ellen Constance COUCHE	1869	Cork, Co Cork, Ireland	1869	Mitchelstown, Co Cork, Ireland	0
Cousin	Ethil (Ethie) COUCHE	abt 1870	Australia
Cousin	Caroline Crone COUCHE	29 Apr 1870	Mitchelstown, Co Cork, Ireland	19 Jul 1952	Johannesburg, South Africa	82
Cousin	Adelaide COUCHE	1872	Mitchelstown, Co Cork, Ireland
Cousin	Aphra Crone COUCHE	12 Aug 1873	Mitchelstown, Co Cork, Ireland
Cousin	Emma COUCHE	14 May 1875	Mitchelstown, Co Cork, Ireland
Cousin	Jeffery Crone COUCHE	04 Sep 1876	Mitchelstown, Co Cork, Ireland	1936	Surrey, England	60
Cousin	Victor William COUCHE	1879	Mitchelstown, Co Cork, Ireland	1943	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	64
Cousin	Christine COUCHE	10 May 1880	Mitchelstown, Co Cork, Ireland	1953	Surrey Northern, Surrey, England	73
Cousin	Richard George COUCHE	1882	Mitchelstown, Co Cork, Ireland	17 Apr 1947	Innisfail, Queensland, Australia	65
Cousin	Clara Browning COUCHE	1884	Mitchelstown, Co Cork, Ireland	1956	South Africa	72
Cousin	Clair Patrick COUCHE	1886	Mitchelstown, Co Cork, Ireland	08 Jun 1918	Etretat, France	32
Niece	Gladys Mary FORBES	1896	Yarrawonga, Victoria, Australia	bef 1964		68
Nephew	Donald Couche FORBES	1901	Yarrawonga, Victoria, Australia
Niece	Veronica FORBES	1902	Yarrawonga, Victoria, Australia
Nephew	Francis George FORBES	1904	Yarrawonga, Victoria, Australia
Nephew	Edward Browning MONTGOMERIE	1899	Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Nephew	Albert Richard MONTGOMERIE	1903	Horsham, Victoria, Australia
Niece	Eileen May Emily MONTGOMERIE	1909	Ballarat East, Victoria, Australia	1998	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	89
Brother in Law	George Edward Eyre FORBES	1866		1924	Elwood, Port Phillip,, Victoria, Australia	58
Sister in Law	Margaret WILSON	1869		1943	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	74
Brother in Law	Edward MONTGOMERIE			1949	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia

Events in Richard Arron Verdon COUCHE (1873 - 1950)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1873		Richard Arron Verdon COUCHE was born	Marong, Victoria, Australia	Note 1	52
1912	39	Married Elizabeth Agnes HOLBERY (aged 38)	Ballarat East, Victoria, Australia	Note 2	60
1913	40	Death of father William COUCHE (aged 68)	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia	Note 3	52, 60
1914	41	Death of mother Mary Ann MCCARTHY (aged 69)	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia	Note 4	52, 60
1917	44	Birth of son William Vincent COUCHE	Victoria, Australia	Note 5	52
1926	53	Death of son William Vincent COUCHE (aged 9)	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	Note 6	52, 60
1950	77	Richard Arron Verdon COUCHE died	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	Note 7	52
1950	77	Burial	Melbourne General Cemetery, Carlton, Victoria	Note 8	90

Note 1: Richd Aaron Verden Couche in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name: Richd Aaron Verden Couche Birth Date: Abt 1873 Birth Place: Marong, Victoria Registration Year: 1873 Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Father: William Coucher Couche Mother: Mary Ann Mccarthy Registration Number: 25111

Note 2: Lizzie Holbery Name: Lizzie Holbery Gender: Female Notice Type: Marriage Marriage Date: 29 Jul 1912 Father: James Holbery Spouse: Richard Verdon Couche Publication Place: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Leader (Melbourne) 31 Aug 1912 COUCHE-HOLBERY.On , the 23th July, , at St. Alipius R.C. Church, Ballarat East, by the Rev. Father Mulcahy, Richard Verdon, youngest son of Mr.Wm. Couche, ex-Superintendent of police, to Lizzie, youngest daughter of Mr. James Holbery, "Berringa," Moonee Ponds.

Note 3: Wm Couche in the Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 Name: Wm Couche Birth Year: abt 1845 Age: 68 Death Place: Ballarat, Victoria Father's name: Couche Wm Mother's name: Ellen Crone Registration Year: 1913 Registration Place: Victoria Registration Number: 4271 Horsham Time 8 April 1913 Death. COUCHE.--On the 6th April, 1913, at his residence, "Shandon," 217 Vic toria-street, Ballarat East, formerly of Horsham, William Couche, ex- Superintendent of Police, dearly be- loved husband of Mary A. Couche, father of Mrs. Forbes, Mrs. Mont- gomerie, William and Richard; aged 68 years.

Note 4: Mary Ann Couche in the Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 Name: Mary Ann Couche Birth Year: abt 1845 Age: 69 Death Place: Victoria Father's name: McCarthy Registration Year: 1914 Registration Place: Victoria Registration Number: 12488 Ballarat Courier 17 Oct 1918 COUCHE- The friends of the late Mrs Mary Ann Couche, relict of ex Superintendent William Couche, are re- spectfully invited to follow her remains to their last resting-place in the Ballarat New Cemetery. The funeral will leave her late residence Shandon, 217 Victoria street, Ballarat East, this day (Satur- day) at 3.30 p.m.

Note 5: Wm Vincent Couche in the Victoria, Australia, Birth Index, 1837-1917 Name: Wm Vincent Couche Birth Registration Date: 1917 Birth Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Father: Rich Aaron Verdon Couche Mother Maiden Name: Holbery Reference Number: 24367

Note 6: Wm Vincent Couche in the Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 Name: Wm Vincent Couche Birth Year: abt 1917 Age: 9 Death Place: Melbourne, Victoria Father's name: Richd Aaron Verdon Couche Mother's name: Elizth Agnes Holbery Registration Year: 1926 Registration Place: Victoria Registration Number: 10733 Argus (Melbourne) 26 July 1926 COUCHE -On the 24th July (result of accident), William Vincent, the dearly beloved eldest son of Richard and Elizabeth Couche, of 44 Foote street, Albert Park, loving brother of Geoffrey aged 9 years. R.I.P.

Note 7: Richard Arron Vernon Couche in the Victoria, Australia, Death Index, 1836-1988 Name: Richard Arron Vernon Couche Death Registration Year: 1950 Death Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Father: William Couche Mother Maiden Name: McCarthy Reference Number: 13138

Note 8: Richard Arron Couche Birth 1872 Death 8 Nov 1950 (aged 77–78) Burial Melbourne General Cemetery Carlton North, Melbourne City, Victoria, Australia Plot MGC-RC-Comp-CC-No-814

Source References:

52. Type: Australia Birth Marriage Death Index 1787 - 1985 Record

- Reference = (Birth)

- Notes: Richd Aaron Verden Couche in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name: Richd Aaron Verden Couche Birth Date: Abt 1873 Birth Place: Marong, Victoria Registration Year: 1873 Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Father: William Coucher Couche Mother: Mary Ann Mccarthy Registration Number: 25111

- Reference = (Death)

- Notes: Richard Arron Vernon Couche in the Victoria, Australia, Death Index, 1836-1988 Name: Richard Arron Vernon Couche Death Registration Year: 1950 Death Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Father: William Couche Mother Maiden Name: McCarthy Reference Number: 13138

60. Type: Newspaper, Title: Trove, http://trove.nla.gov.au

- Reference = (Marriage)

- Notes: COUCHE-HOLBERY.On , the 23th July, , at St. Alipius R.C. Church, Ballarat East, by the Rev. Father Mulcahy, Richard Verdon, youngest son of Mr.Wm. Couche, ex-Superintendent of police, to Lizzie, youngest daughter of Mr. James Holbery, "Berringa," Moonee Ponds.

90. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Find A Grave, Title: Findagrave.com

- Reference = (Burial)

- Notes: Richard Arron Couche Birth 1872 Death 8 Nov 1950 (aged 77–78) Burial Melbourne General Cemetery Carlton North, Melbourne City, Victoria, Australia Plot MGC-RC-Comp-CC-No-814

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